[Vwdiesel] Fuel economy for a 17 tonne 8 wheeler

[Tony and Lillie]

5-7 mpg. Maybe even 8 if it's a goverened truck with no idle time. We get 
right at 6 average in our fleet, usually running right about 60k lbs on 
them. It does depend on the engine and a few other things, though. Never 
known one that exceeds 10, though, and that was an unloaded Detroit, which 
is the best milage engine that I know of.

Tony

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mark shepherd" <mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk>
To: "vw fans" <Vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 3:36 PM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Fuel economy for a 17 tonne 8 wheeler


> OK it's a little off topic, and vague to sty the least. A fellow[ess] 
> ferret club member, wants to know an average fuel economy for a truck of 
> this size.  I guessed about 10 miles per gallon [imp].
> I dunno why she wants to know, but perhaps as she works for the MOD, they 
> are giving her an Artic. for transporting our ferret's racing kit [black 
> footed kind, not  vehicle :o)  ]
>
> Loren, what happened to the busted engine?
>
> Mark
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